Tyson Fury turns up the heat on Wladimir Klitschko

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Fury stops Abell in the fourth round at the Copper Box on Saturday night to take a step closer to his world-title goalPeter Cziborra/Action Images

Ron Lewis

Last updated at 5:53PM, February 16 2014

Tyson Fury has never been afraid to speak his mind, but he believes that he
has already won the mind games against Wladimir Klitschko, having outlasted
the world heavyweight champion in the sauna.

The unbeaten Fury, 25, says that Klitschko is the only man who can challenge
him, although he believes that Klitschko would rather retire than face him.

Fury hopes to face Klitschko this year and moved a step closer to that goal
with a fourth-round stoppage of Joey Abell, of the United States, at the
Copper Box in London’s Olympic Park on Saturday night. The plan is for